Box and crate opener.



D. VICTOR. BOX AND CRATE OPENER. APPLICATION FILED JUNE I, 1916.

Patented Dec. 19, 1916.

50 1 end as shown at so as to form a thin edge T0 aZZwZwn/z itmay lcoiwem. v a. i y s L Be it known that ,I,, DAvm orora, apitien of the Unit d St te es dingiat Louis, State of: Missourh h-ave invented certain new and useful Improvementsiin Box andGrateOpeners; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear and exact description of. the invention, suchias will enable others skilledpint the lf aTtatozflWhich it appertains to make and use the same i This inventiori relates to einiprdvementstin like, and has for its principal objectto provide a simply constructed article which,

while it can be very inexpensively manufactured will be very eflicient in operation.

An additional object is to provide a tool of this character provided with an improved nail pulling means.

With theseand other objects in view the invention resides in the novel features of constructionwhich will be hereinafter more particularly described and claimed as shown in the drawing wherein:

Figure 1 represents a plan view of a tool constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is an edge View thereof; Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 33 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 is a detail longitudinal sake of convenience I will designate as the i bottom is flat. Also one side of the head 2 is flat and formed flush with the flat bottom side of the handle 1 so that when the tool is placed on a plane surface the parts thereof will contact therewith. The hammer portion of the head 2 is enlarged as shown at 4c soas to facilitate the use of the tool in driving nails or the like. The opposite end of the handle is tapered at its free for insertion beneath the tops of boxes and the like in order to lift the same. This end is also provided with a V-shaped notch 6 for pulling nails and the like. Furthermore, this end of the handle on each side of In the present instance Ihave nox anncaarn o gas "'semin ofiteiar's'raiemv r aeonterrloec. 19.11916. tassel, 1916. Serial No. 101,148.

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' iett he .g velii i s d a a open ngsa r jiormda t e h n l 1; a lpo n s snaoe fro he e d -t e f, Said pe in sbei g s t ly rect n ul r n Pl n JYi W-and xtended ongitu na y; f the; handle"; These openings extend entii lrthrol sh.th handle as how 18 an con a n-th na lop ne m ans, he m ans n each being substantially alike.

p -@Fromieaehouter; end-.wall3rof the openings tools used for opening boxes, crates and thei.

ings and having their bottoms in the plane 9" of the bottom of said handle. These tongues have their inner end formed substantially V-shaped with the apices thereof extending inwardly, the lengths of said tongues being' slightly less than one-half the length of the opening.

On the side walls of each opening are formed the wings 9, the latter extending from points adjacent the sides of the V- shaped tongues to points substantially in the middle of the openings. As shown in Fig. l the inner edges of the wings are arouate in shape and disposed rather close to the edges of the V-shaped portions of the tongues, thus providing" diverging notches Flt 10 in which the nails to be pulled are adapted to be gripped. From Fig. 4 is will be noted that the bottoms of these wings 9 are also in the planeof the bottoms of the handle '1 of the tool, and that both the edges of these wings and the edges of the V-shaped portions of the tongues are inclined or beveled downwardly so as to readily slide beneath the head of the nail to be pulled. By providing the wings 9 as shown and forming the notches 10 very narrow at their ends, the nails will be readily guided into one of these notches and effectively gripped beneath thehead so that the latter is relieved of a portion of the strain caused by pulling. This will prevent the head of the nail from being broken off.

The openings 7 in which the nail pulling means are disposed are placed such a disgardless of which end of the tool is held in the hand.

From the foregoing description it is ob: vious that I have invented an extremely simple, yet very efficient box opener which M can be very and marketed.

I claim: 7

A tool of the class described having a handle flat on its opposite sidesand provided With a longitudinally extending rectangular opening therein, a relatively thin tongue extending into said opening from one end 'wall thereof, the bottom of said tongue being in the plane of the bottom of the handle, the inner edge of the tongue being V-shaped with the apex therein ex tending inwardly, said tongue being less inexpensively manufactured than one-half the length of said opening,

and Wings of a thickness equal to that of the tongue formed on the side walls of said opening adjacent each side of said tongue, the inner edges of said wings being arcuate,

thereby forming diverging notches between witnesses.

DAVID VICTOR. Witnesses:

JAMES B. STA E JL, ORviLLn N.Rn1,nn.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents,

- Washington, D. 0. 

